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W. M CLAPLIN & K. L. AMES.

SHOE.

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NITED STATES WALDO M. CLAFLIN,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND KNOVVLTON L. AMES, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,250, dated December6, 1892.

Application led August 7, 1891. Serial No. 402,060. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.'

Be it known that we, WALDO M. CLAFLIN, residing iu the city and coun tyof Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, and

KNOWLTON L. AMES, residing in Chicago, in the State of Illinois,citizens of the United States, have jointly invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Athletic or Sporting Shoes; and we do herebydeclare that the fol- 1o lowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionot' the same. A

Our invention relates to that class of shoes used in athletic sport orexercise, and although more particularly designed for use in the game offoot-ball is also applicable for use in all field or gymnasium sports.

Our invention consists of an athletic or sporting shoe the sole and heelwhereof are provided with pyramidal-shaped studs Or prozo jectionsformed of leather lifts, said studs being secured to the sole and heelby rivets passing entirely through the latter and through the studs, theheads of the rivets being on the inside of the shoe and the outer z 5ends of the rivets projecting through the Studs, where they are clinchedand provided with an outer lift or protecting-piece secured to the stud,substantiallyas described. Where, as in foot-ball, it is desirable thatno metal go shall be exposed, We cover the end of the rivet at the endof the stud or projection opposite to the sole with a covering or layerof leather fastened to the end of the projection by brads or othersuitable fastening.

Reference now beinghad to the accompanying drawings, Figure l representsthe sole of the shoe turned toward the observer, A A representing theleather sole, and B B the leather studs or projections, said studs being4o pyramidal in shape and formed of superposed lifts or layers b, asrepresented in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

Fig. 2 represents a cross-section of one of the studs or leatherprojections, B representing the stud, C the metal rivet, A the sole, andB' the leather-surface lift forming a covering or layer over the upsetend of the rivet.

Fig. 3 represents the leather stud Or projection as it appears with theend ofthe rivet covered, and Fig. 4 the leather stud or projection withthe end Of the rivet uncovered.

Fig. 5 represents the metal rivet.

As shown in the drawings, the solid head of the rivet is on the inside,the rivet passing clear through the sole or heel and the projection andits Outer end being upset or clinched on the outer side of the stud, asuitable Washer, as c, being used, if preferred.

What we desire to claim and secu re hy Letters Patent is- As an improvedarticle of manufacture, an athletic or sporting shoe the sole and heelwhereof are provided With pyramidal-shaped studs or projections formedof leather lifts, said studs being secured to the sole and heel byrivets passing entirely through the latter and through the studs, theheads of the rivets being on the inside of the shoe and the outer endsof the rivets projecting through the studs, Where they are clinched andprovided with an outer lift or protecting-piece secured to the stud,substantially as described.

WALDO M. CLAFLIN. KNOWLTON L. AMES. Witnesses as to Valdo M. Claflin:

FRANK P. PRIOHARD, GEORGE HOUSE. Witnesses as to Knowlton L. Ames:

JOHN W. BRIDGMAN, PTUS J. CLARKE.

